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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 February 2003. # Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium. # Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Conservation of wild birds - Special protection areas. # Case C-415/01.
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 February 2003.
Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium.
Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Conservation of wild birds - Special protection areas.
Case C-415/01.
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 February 2003.
Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium.
Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations - Conservation of wild birds - Special protection areas.
Case C-415/01.
European Court Reports 2003 I-02081
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:118
«(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Conservation of wild birds – Special protection areas)»
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(Council Directive 79/409, Art. 4)
(Art. 249 EC)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)
27 February 2003 (1)
((Failure by a Member State to fulfil its obligations – Conservation of wild birds – Special protection areas))
In Case C-415/01, Commission of the European Communities, represented by G. Valero Jordana and J. Adda, acting as Agents, with an address for service in Luxembourg,applicant,
v
Kingdom of Belgium, represented by C. Pochet, acting as Agent,defendant,
APPLICATION for a declaration that, in so far as the Région flamande (Flemish Region) has failed to transpose Article 4(1) and (2) of and Annex I to Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ 1979 L 103, p. 1), to demarcate special protection areas within its territory capable of being relied upon as against third parties, and to adopt the measures necessary to ensure that the classification of a site as a special protection area automatically and simultaneously entails the application of a system of protection and conservation complying with Community law, the Kingdom of Belgium has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 4(1) and (2) in conjunction with Article 4(4), as partially amended, of Directive 79/409 in accordance with Article 7 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ 1992 L 206, p. 7), by Article 6(2) to (4) of the latter directive,THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),,
having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 7 November 2002,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)
hereby:
Puissochet |
Schintgen |
Gulmann |
Macken |
Cunha Rodrigues |
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R. Grass |
J.-P. Puissochet |
Registrar |
President of the Sixth Chamber |